fashion plate
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈfæʃən pleɪt/
- Archaic
:
fashionista
- He is known as a fashion plate, always wearing the latest designer clothes.
Examples
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As a fashion plate, he always stands out with his bold outfits and impeccable grooming.
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I'd begun to think you were nothing more than a fashion plate out of some London magazine.
Fiction book (1993) -
She was the most attractive of women, a fashion plate and proud.
Academic text (1997) -
The emperor's cousin Prince Napoleon, along with the prince's father, Jerome, mounted strong opposition to her appointment, indignant that the government had been entrusted to "a fashion plate."
Academic text (1997) -
At the party, he impressed everyone with his elegant style; truly, he is a fashion plate.
Synonyms
112
7.5
A man who cares a lot about how he looks and dresses
22
8.2
A man who cares a lot about his clothes and appearance
11
3.9
A person who pays attention to what they wear
9
4.9
A person who loves fashion and follows or sets new styles
5
9.9
A man who cares too much about his clothes and how he looks
4
9.9
A man who cares a lot about his clothes and style
3
8.4
A young man who dresses and acts in a showy, attention-seeking way
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8.6
A man who cares a lot about his clothes and how he looks
1
9.3
A man who cares a lot about his clothes and how he looks
1
8.1
A man who cares greatly about his clothes and appearance
1
7.2
A person who always follows the newest clothes styles, even when it costs money or comfort
1
9.9
A person who dresses in a showy, fashionable way to impress people
A person who likes fashionable clothes and enjoys dressing well
A man who dresses and acts in a flashy way to attract attention
A person who dresses stylishly to show wealth or high social class
How Fashionable
Surface Forms
Morphology
fashion + plate
Although 'fashion' is transparent, the head noun 'plate' has no compositional relation to a person's dress or appearance, so the meaning 'a very stylish person' cannot be derived from the literal parts. This is an idiomatic usage where 'plate' does not contribute its usual sense, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words would not reliably infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Fashion plate for a person comes from those magazine pictures: people who dressed like the perfect pictures were called fashion plates, so the phrase now means 'a very stylish person'.